Balfour-Ogilvy, Walter Ingelram (Warrant Officer, b.1914 - d.1983)

Places	Oceania: New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain Oceania: New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Milne Bay
Accession Number	PR06243
Collection type	Private Record
Record type	Collection
Measurement	Extent: 1 cm; Wallet/s: 1
Object type	Diary
Maker	Balfour-Ogilvy, Walter Ingelram
Place made	New Guinea
Date made	1943-1944
Access	Open
Conflict	Second World War, 1939-1945
Copying Provisions	Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction.

Description

Collection relating to the Second World War service of 9084 Warrant Officer Walter Ingelram Balfour-Ogilvy, Royal Australian Airforce, New Guinea, 1943-1944. Collection consists of a diary spanning the period 1 June 1943 to 25 October 1944. It contains regular entries, however with some pages likely missing, written on unbound unit diary pages (RAAF Form A133) and discusses Balfour-Ogilvy's everyday life in New Guinea. Common subjects include the weather and the huge amount of rain that fell on a very regular basis, letters to and from home, the indigenous peoples, aircraft spotted (in particular Kittyhawks and Beauforts), several parachute drops and training. Also mentioned are the Battle of the Bismark Sea, descriptions of Ferguson Island, and regular entertainment put on for soldiers.